Research on the Impact of Executives' Military Experience on Corporate ESG Performance
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https://doi.org/10.6981/FEM.202509_6(9).0020Keywords:
Senior Executive; Military Experience; ESG Performance.Abstract
With the increasing attention to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, ESG performance of enterprises has gradually become one of the standards for measuring comprehensive performance, and its importance is becoming increasingly prominent. In recent years, the military experience of executives as a unique personal background characteristic has begun to receive attention from the academic community, but its specific impact on corporate ESG performance still lacks systematic research. This article takes Chinese A-share listed companies from 2016 to 2023 as the research object, exploring the impact of Chinese executives' military experience on corporate ESG performance. The results showed that: (1) there is a significant negative correlation between executives with military experience and corporate ESG performance; (2) The ESG performance of companies with female executives who have military experience is better than that of companies with male executives.
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